Improved meat sligse



@eine tsjten strnt l ities ALBERT vM. FBCE, OF NGRWIGH, GNNECTlCUT, SSlGOR TO HlMSElJll AND A.. H. VAUGHN, '0F THE SAME PLAGE.

Lettere Patent No. 63,236, dated March 26, 1867.

ritenersi) MEAT smeer..

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that LALBERT M. FORCE, of Norwich, in the county of New London, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Implement for Slicing Meat, etc.; end dov hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable `others skilled in. the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi' this speciiiczttion. i

The present inventionrelntes to an implement for the slicing ot' dried meats more particularly, although it can be employed forslicing other articles of' food, as, for instance, bread, vegetables, etc. This implement consists of n holder having a. suitable handle at one end, and a knife or cutting blade, which is secured thereto in the direction of its length iu such a manner that, as its cutting edge wears away, it can beproperly adjustel to compensate for the seme, und also set to cut any desired thickness of slices, the holder being extended beyond and along the entire length of the cuttingvedge ot' the knii`e-blnde, with its surface nred or bevelled outward therefrom, so as to form a more perfect rest for the implement when brought against the ment, etc. In the accompunying plate of drawings my improved slicing implement is illustrated- Figures 1 and-2 being fue@ views of the implement upon its front and back side respectively;

Figure 3 a transverse vertical section taken in the plane oi` the line :1; x, iigs. 1 and 2.

Similar lettere of reference indicate like parts. v

A, in the drawings, represents the holder of my improved slieer.- This holder, at one end, has a. h'nndle, B, of suitable shape for being grasped by the hand; and from the inner end C of such handle to the outer crosspiece D of the holder, a knife and cutting blade E is placed, and there secured at each end, by a slot, a, and setscrew,'b..; The holder A, below the knife-blade,.is cut out or left open, cs plainly shown in iig. Q of the drawings, with a rib or bar, Fpdirectly below the cutting edge of the knife, between which and such bar a space or opening, c, is left, theknife being bevclled upon its under side or that toward the saidy bar, but lnt upon its upper side. The berF is extended beyond the cutting edge of the knife, outward from which it is bevelled or ilared, as shown in fig. 3 of the drawings. f set-screws on under side of holder A., by the screwing in 4or out of which the cutting edge oi' the blade E can be adjusted to c greater or lesser amount of opening between it and the rib or bar F of the holder. v

To use the implement above described, it is first teken or grasped by its handle, with the hand, when, bringing it to bear by the arcd or bevelled edge of its bar F against the meat, etc., which it is intended to slice, by then properly bearing down upon the implement, it will be made to cut-from the meat a slice which in thickness will correspond to the adjustment or position of the knife edge with regard to the bar or rail E, or, in other Words, whether more or less space or opening is left between them. Bysecuring the knife-blade to the holder, through a. slot and set-screw, 'as hereinabove described, it can be set up to its work as it Wears sway lfrom use; and furthermore, by bevelling or dering the rail or bnr` F outward from the knife edge, a. more perfect bearing or rest for the implement against the meat is obtained.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The outwardly-ilaring bar 1F, secured to the holder A, operating in combination with the adjustable slotted knife E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The slicer, the parts of which consist of the handle B, holder A, outwardly-daring bar F, slotted knife' E, set-screwv 6, set-screwsF, substantially es described.

The chose specification of my invention signed b'y me this 19th dey of December, 1866.

A. M. FORCE.

Witnesses.

WM. F. McNAMAnA, ALBERT W. BROWN. 

